The above image is all us folk in the UK see when you do, and if we try to use a VPN + incognito, we get this:

403 means forbidden, so the message is disingenuous.

They must have put some effort into block lists for VPN servers. Even if it works for some of us, it's not worth it.

For more information on this, see this article: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gzxv5gy3qo

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[+] 6 points 1 year ago (6 children)
  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago* (5 children)

    It's not due to legal reasons though. They just decided to exit UK, because they're trying to avoid paying fines for previous infringements.

    What previous infringements?

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    it would probe whether the companies were complying with both the UK's data protection laws, and the children's code

    So it was for legal reasons. Wow, such surprise.

    Just do some research dude

    Could you not tell that I wasn't seriously questioning what the infringements were, and was poking fun at your comment that it wasn't for legal reasons?

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